Manufacturers/Suppliers: What's in your cartridges?

[Meltrex]

That stripe of glue-ish stuff along the side... maybe that was put there to transport the liquid from the back of the cartridge to the front; that way really getting out áll liquid when smoking it...

Sometimes when you take out your cartridge after heavy puffing, the fiber material is stuck to the atomizer head causing it to remove itself from the core/mouthpiece. I believe the glue-ish stuff is to help prevent that.

Anyone else experience that or agree this may be the reason? Maybe we should ask Ludo

[Nazareth]

I understand. We'll make last year's medical x-rays, etc., Exhibit A, then go for an out-of-court settlement like everyone else! I'm kidding. :roll: Yes, I e-smoke. No, I don't think the health aspects are fully known. Yes, I accept them because I'm an addict. But the rest of what I do has a proven safety and health record to view. E-smoking doesn't. So I'm a gambler ...

Ditto- Gosh- wish I'd never discovered smoking in the first place- the funny hting is though- although I smoke liek a fiend, Don't excersize one bit, Have Asthma, but yet I worry abotu stuff like MSG, Red food coloring, Aspartame being bad for hte health etc lol

[jamie]

In the pic, the fiber on the right was in a cartridge that came with my kiss. the fiber on the left is what I use for filling cushions.

Sanneke, many of your helpful photos have disappeared. If you still have them (perhaps you reorganized your photobucket?) it would be nice to see them back in your posts, especially in this thread.


So, have any of the manufacturers/suppliers come clean yet - disclosing content of the fiber and liquid in their cartridges?

[paxes]

I had a chat to my supplier about some of the questions raised here. The following contents are in the High Nicotine Cartridges.
（MATERIAL） (MATERIAL PROPORTION) (MATERIAL DISTINCTION)
（NICOTINE） 1.8％ (MEDICINE)
（LACTIC ACID） 0.9％ (EDIBLE)
（PROPYLENE GLYCOL） 91% (EDIBLE)
（ALCOHOL） 4.5% (EDIBLE)
（FOOD PERFUME） 1.8% (EDIBLE)

I asked him why they contain lactic acid as I always believed PG was broken down to form it by the body.
He told me that The food perfume and lactic acid were included to give a better taste. The PG for diluting and keeping humidity and the Alcohol for accelerating atomizing and creating more smoke.

As for the contents of the fibre all he told me it was acylic. When questioned about it burning he told me "it didnt burn untill over 200C. which wouldnt happen in normal usage."
Apparently all of the suppliers use the same meterials.. as its high leaking rate. Sorry I cant be more specific.

[tribalmasters]

paxes your logo ROCKS!! Did ya make it up or get it from somewhere?

[dc2k08]

thats interesting to hear about the alcohol, maybe it is a part of the reason some seem to enjoy adding the malibu bickfords to their mix so much. i wonder if i added a drop of isopropyl to my cart would it smoke better? who wold have though lactic acid made a difference? i would like to test one with-out.

[markab]

Hi Paxes,
Thanks for the info. It may have more than one use in e-liquid, but my understanding is that alcohol is added to inhibit the growth of bacteria. Something I'm sure we don't want to be drawing into our lungs

Regards,
Mark

I had a chat to my supplier about some of the questions raised here. The following contents are in the High Nicotine Cartridges.
（MATERIAL） (MATERIAL PROPORTION) (MATERIAL DISTINCTION)
（NICOTINE） 1.8％ (MEDICINE)
（LACTIC ACID） 0.9％ (EDIBLE)
（PROPYLENE GLYCOL） 91% (EDIBLE)
（ALCOHOL） 4.5% (EDIBLE)
（FOOD PERFUME） 1.8% (EDIBLE)

I asked him why they contain lactic acid as I always believed PG was broken down to form it by the body.
He told me that The food perfume and lactic acid were included to give a better taste. The PG for diluting and keeping humidity and the Alcohol for accelerating atomizing and creating more smoke.

As for the contents of the fibre all he told me it was acylic. When questioned about it burning he told me "it didnt burn untill over 200C. which wouldnt happen in normal usage."
Apparently all of the suppliers use the same meterials.. as its high leaking rate. Sorry I cant be more specific.

[paxes]

Tribalmasters, I made it myself, thanks for the feedback

[katink]

As for the contents of the fibre all he told me it was acylic.

Small question if you don't mind: did you mean to say acrylic here, or indeed acylic?

[paxes]

It was supposed to read Acrylic.